I will make the passionate support and encouragement I have received from my fans in Japan the engine for my ... joined the Marines straight from Iwate Prefecture’s Ōfunato High School after ...

At the back of the shrine’s sacred grounds is the grave of Itagaki Taisuke (1837–1919), a patriot from the Tosa clan in what is now Kōchi Prefecture who led the Freedom and People’s Rights ...

Born in 1959 in Kōchi Prefecture, Uematsu first taught himself ... both in its native Japan and when it was exported to America on the then-booming Nintendo Entertainment System.

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These ...

The "Orange Route," a U.S. military training flight path stretching over the mountainous regions of Wakayama, Tokushima, ...

Ibaraki Prefecture relinquished its “least attractive” title among Japan’s 47 prefectures following a local promotional effort that was tongue in cheek at times. The prefecture northeast of ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down ... Wednesday and Friday at 4 p.m., Japan time. Click/tap here for past installments. Intermediate learners who ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 2:49 a.m. on Thursday. Officials say there is no threat of tsunami. An intensity of lower 5 on Japan's seismic ...

It was once a thriving coal mining town with a population of over 100,000 people. But today, Yubari, located in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, is a ghost of its former self — with fewer than ...